The International Journal
of Not-for-Profit Law
Volume 4, Issue 1, September 2001
Our Associate General Editor, Paul Bater,* reports on the following developments with respect to self-regulation in the UK:
- The Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) has published a report on its project “Social Auditing with Voluntary Organisations”. The report suggests that a social audit improves the quality of the relationship between a voluntary organisation and its stakeholders, helps to demonstrate the values and objectives of the organization, and can be integrated into the organisation’s existing management processes for measuring results. (“Charitable trust ?”, ACEVO, November 2000)
- A group of some 50 leading charities have set up a working party to improve current codes of conduct on street fundraising and to establish an independent body to monitor public fundraising activities. It is intended that the new body, which will include representatives of the Charity Commission, Home Office, local authorities, professional fundraisers and charities, will receive government funding initially but will subsequently be financed by a small levy on public collections. The body is seen as filling a gap in the existing charity law as a result of a failure to regulate public collections, Part III of the Charities Act 1993 never having been brought into force. (Third Sector, 30 November 2000)
* Paul Bater is an international tax attorney working with the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation in Amsterdam. His specialty is the law affecting not-for-profit organizations. He can be reached at paulbater@eudoramail.com.